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A delightfully morbid and deeply nerdy road trip through the weirdest, darkest corners of American history. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Assassination vacation.
- quirky
- macabre
- reflective
- nostalgic
- 01
The partly cloudy patriot
Sarah Vowell
An anecdotal and reflective journey through the historical landscapes and cultural quirks of the United States.
- 02
The wordy shipmates
Sarah Vowell
A witty, irreverent road trip through seventeenth-century New England that connects the eccentricities of the Puritans to modern American political dysfunction.
- 03
Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly
A cinematic, present-tense plunge into one of history's darkest moments that reads with the breathless urgency of a ticking-clock thriller.
- 04
Lincoln's Grave Robbers
Steve Sheinkin
A tense, stranger-than-fiction historical heist that reads like a thriller.
- 05
Vacationland
John Hodgman
A hilarious, painfully self-aware stroll through the haunted forest of middle age and the unforgiving beaches of New England.
- 06
Chasing Lincoln's killer
James L. Swanson
A breathless, true-crime historical thriller that plunges you into the desperate, shadowy swamps of a twelve-day national manhunt.
- 07
Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly
A cinematic, ticking-clock narrative that transforms a well-known historical tragedy into a suspenseful collision of two very different lives.
- 08
Manhunt
James L. Swanson
A ticking-clock historical thriller that plunges the reader into the desperate, hour-by-hour pursuit of America's most notorious fugitive.
- 09
People Love Dead Jews
Dara Horn
A startling, urgent exploration that challenges the world's fascination with historical tragedy while fiercely defending the vitality of living identity.
- 10
Confederates In The Attic
Tony Horwitz · 1999
A wry, road-tripping exploration of America's unresolved history, blending eccentric encounters with sobering cultural reflections.
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A voyage long and strange
Tony Horwitz · 2008
A witty, boots-on-the-ground road trip through the forgotten, messy, and often absurd century of American history before the Pilgrims arrived.
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John Adams
David McCullough
An immersive, deeply human portrait of a prickly but passionate founding father and the extraordinary marriage that anchored him.
